Sven Schelker
Actor
Born 1989 near Basel, Switzerland. A graduate of Munich's Otto Falckenberg School, Sven Schelker has been a member of the acting ensemble at Hamburg's Thalia Theatre since 2012 with roles in Macbeth, Platonov and The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, among others. During his studies, Sven received the Migros Culture Percentage Acting Student Award in 2010 and 2011. He made his film acting debut in one of the leads – as Röbi Rapp – in Stefan Haupt's award-winning “The Circle” which is Switzerland's entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. He was Shooting Star at Berlinale 2015 and won the Swiss Film Award 2015 for Best Actor in “The Circle”, for his role in "Goliath" he was nominated again in 2018. In 2015 he played in the US series "Homeland". In 2019 Sven Schelker celebrates the premiere in Cannes with the mini-series "Die neue Zeit".
Filmography
(a selection)
Actor
- 2025
- Stiller by Stefan Haupt
- 2023
- Dämonen by Sebastian Nübling, Boris Nikitin
- 2023
- Davos 1917 by Jan-Eric Mack, Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Christian Theede
- 2023
- Mein Freund Barry by Markus Welter
- 2021
- Und morgen seid ihr tot by Michael Steiner
- 2019
- Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes by Niklaus Hilber
- 2017
- Goliath by Dominik Locher
- 2014
- Der Kreis by Stefan Haupt
Awards
(a selection)
- 2022
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2022, Best Actor (Nomination) in Und morgen seid ihr tot
- 2020
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2020, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor (Winner) in Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes
- 2018
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2018, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor (Nomination) in Goliath
- 2015
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2015, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor (Winner) in Der Kreis